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Ben. Perley Poore sage in the american
Cultiuaior: ! often use the term practical
farmer" and by that I mean something.
A man is not practical iarmer simply Tor
the reaaon that he ia not a carpenter or
blacksmith. Nor ia it from the TACT thRt
he inherited farm from his father and
could not sell it. And il he stays on q
farm from necessity, because he cannot
stay anywhere else; be Is not practical
farmer. Amsn that has failed in almost
all callings OF life, and finally adopts the
farm, is not practical farmer on the the
ory that nothing was made in vain. By
this term / do not intend to refer to
a man whose barpyard is bounded on
one eide by the North Pole, and
on the other by the public highway,
without any intervening fences. Nor do
| apply this term to d man whose barn il
ventilated all over, winter and summer,
though ventilation is good thing. When
l use the term it ID not intended to be ap-
piled TO those who permit their agricul.-
ura! implements to be exposed to sun and
rain the year round, on the theory thst
such treatment cannot hurt the paint, rs
they are not painted. Nor huve l in
mind that man who prefers bars to gates,
when the bars are lost and tho bar pests
have rotted of. I would not be under
derstood as referring to a man who has
not Visible means OF support, to any one
passing his farm. Let the traveller as he
pasaes along the public highways, see how
many practical farmers he can count in q
days ride. "a 81: gJsTE9ilR:t1s 4
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The story OF Cora SlcAllister, Of SYRIA.
cuso, has been told briefly by telegraph.
The young gisl-she was only seventeen
goes home broken-hearted, diagraced,
fortunate If she be admitted under the
old roof and have mothers arma thrown
in loving forgiveness around her, through
life to be pointed at IS one who had an
escapade with commercial traveller.
The man who took her away did not
come back with her. When, his prize be.
came burden he dropped it. That is the
way that kind Of adventure ends. Pro.
ylous protestsIions OF undying love count
for nothing-they are only part of the
stage properties for that role. g g
Cora McAllistcr was caught by enc
feathers and plausible style. She was just
OF the right age to DO caught. Perhaps
she found the parental authority resting
little heavily upon her. 1t may be set
down rs m absolute certsinty that her
idea OF life was wrong. If We could get
an analysis OF her mental food it would 90
far to explain why she was so easily car
ried of by dashing stranger. II:
Young girls who fill their minds with
the unreal creations OF the manufacturers
Of trash which sails under tho faIse colors
Of literature, arc not veil armed to resist
temptation when it comea along in the
guisc Of tho hero Of the last exciting novel.
a girl Of seventeen ought to know what
to read, what company to keep in her
thoughts and in actual contact; but gen.
orally she doesn't know, and if her
mother lacks the wisdom to guide 50 that
she will not Heen, to drive, that family
has no reason to be surprised ii it fail to
escape shame and anguish. Sometimes
when the daughter goes astray the mother
is the real culprit, having lacked. the
wisdom or the courage to do mothers
duty.
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Arc They Trying to XIII It,

There is some danger Of the Interstate
Commerce law being killed by giving it a
bad name. So many things are charged
up to it's account that nobody need be sur.
prised to hear it blamed for droutb, Hes
sian fly, mumps, measles, defaults, house
breaking, arson and murder. s.J7.t
1t is as yet impossible to say whether
the railroad, companies, or any Of them,
are trying to make tho law unpopular,
though this accusation is confidently made
against nearly all OF the groat lines. Some
Of the new tariffs give color to this suspi.
cion, though the country has not gono ia,
enough under tho now order of things to
enable q just judgment to be formed. Il
Tkere are one or two things, however,
that may be eaid without waiting longer
for they relate to acts already complete in
themselves. In readiusting freight tariffs
to meet the long and short haul provision
through rates have been largely ad.
vanced. II these long hauls paid before
they wonld pay. now. One Of two thinsf
must be true then: either the long haul
was a losing bargain which had to be
madeup by excessive charges for tho short
haul; or, the railroads arc simply pur.
suing their present policy to disgust long
haul shippers and create sentiment to
knock the law in the head. va
When the Commission becomes accus.
toned to its duties and gets firm grip on
the situation it will soon be seen whether
tho act helps or hurts the country. Con.
gress has not Loaf its control over the sub.
;nak . 'gg-s.. w ~
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~ GRATEFUL-CoA1FoRrlNG. +

NOTICE a5i.5i2
hereby notify oil persons tina. have been con
sttuted by Louis Ball his agent for the purpose OF
carrying on tho business OF dealer In Meats, t;ro
cerics and General Merchandise. at No ISiJ Jacob
street. In the city Of Wheeling. West Virginia, :
Twill remove from No. o. Seventeenth street on
May 2. 1887, 10 the new stand us above. 80 -
81 go. u.s. /! n z GEORGE W, HE'S
WnEELlSa, April 70, 1887 - - - ANA
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Ghe Gtttelliq&ttrtr.
wnEEL1Nd, ". VA, APRIL Id. 1857
Lot Well Enough Alone.

The glowing accounts OF the sundry
booms in the West and South have tend
ency to unsettle many minds and Oil them
with dreams OF large fortunes easily &C.
cumulated by the easy process OF pulling
up stakes and putting them down in one
Of the spots which fancy envelopa in the
halo OF q boom. 10 ~ q AEst,h II
It is not to be denied that money has
been made in como of tho towns We read
about; but 1t has been made by venture
some men with money enough TO risk and
to live on while they waited for the turn,
The man who works for wages md Ia de.
pendent on tho return for his daily labor
is no more likely to pick up a fortune IN
the booming West or the New South than
in Wheeling.
Tho working man who has his work
and home in Wheeling will not better
Z. himself by going elsewhere in search Of d
boom. In any Of the towna he reads about
hs will command no more wages, but he
will pay more rent, more for his food and
more for bis clothing. This is true Of al
new settlements and Of all places where
speculation Ia rife.
The man who ID fairly fixed in the Ohio
valley may console himself with the
thought that no is established in part o
the United States than which no other Il
more favored. There is no other part o
the country where living is 50 cheap ii
proportion to the average earnings OF the
people.
Wheeling has work for all her people
and new enterprises will create a demand
for more labor at good wages. There il
not one Of the boom towns in which there
are not more idle men than are to BE-
found in Wheeling to-day. Wheeling is
founded on the aolid rock; there ia nc
fear that in month or year tho COVE
will be grazing whore now n populoua city
stands-in the glowing prospectus Of the
imaginative boomer. ~
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\ Good Word FOR Apples.

Speaking Of apples. Prof, Fsraday says:
There Is scarcely an article Of vegetable
food more widely useful and more unives-
sally liked than the apple. Let every
family in autumn lay in from two to ten
or more barrels, and 1t will be to them tho
most economical Investment in tho whole
range Of culinary supplies. A raw, mel
low apple is digested in an hour and a half,
while boiled cabbage requires Eve hours.
The most hsalthful dessert that can be
placed on the table ia baked apples. {. II
taken freely at breakfast with coarse
bread, and without meat or flesh Of any
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DIED.


H0GEN-ln Hellaire, Ohio, Wednesday, April IL.
1857, At tho residence OF her 6oIlin.taw, John
Hamilton. Esq. Mrs. L. \. HodEN, In tho Goth
year OF her aye. '''-''-,'- ''fl1 7;f',''
1ntcrmcnt At Morristown, Ohio, Friday, ApfIl15.
HoGE-on Thursdhy. April II. 1887, at G:3o 4. NJ,
Mrs RACHEL N. HOOK, reict OF the late Isaac
Hoge, In the SD year OF her age. Mise III
Funeral from her late residence, No. 81 Thirteenth
street, Saturday morning. April 10, at 10 O'Clock
AN. InteIment private. 5irHq4at. Ijlg
BAIZER-wednesday, April Is. 1857, at I O'Clock
T. ~, MAuRus BAlzER, aged % years months
and days. $50 - y :
Funeral on Friday at o'clock A. NJ. from his late
residence, head OF TwcntyHith street, alter
the ceremony Of a mass at the ST. Alphorsu,
Church at O'clock. Htcrmcnt at MI Calvary
Cemetery. Friends Of the family will please
attend. % e ..t l'r1. =
P0RTER--on Wednesday. April Is, 1887. at u
/ O'Clock noon, JEFFRtsoS PoE1ER III tho 10th
ycnr OF his ngc. iG!.gl4lsfa tsLsfg ! ,t5.
Funeral from his late residence In Bridgeport, O.,
/ Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. U .l.i.. al !
DLACk--on Thursday, April 2, 1857, at South
Pueblo. Col, MAGGIE, wife OF Gus Black, for.
mcrly Of this city, In, the l5th year OF her age.
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Geo. Augustus saln in tho Tropics

George Augustus Sala, the well-known
English writer, on his last Australian trip
wrote as follows to the London Daily Tele.
graph: #a3, &, Wa tSlgt'E III
II especially have pleasant remem.
brance ofthe ships doctor-a very expert.
enced maritime med;co indeed, who tended
me most kindly during a horrible spell OF
bronchitis and Hpasmodic asthma, pro.
yoked by the sea Toy. which had swooped
down on us just after We left San Fran
cisco. But the doctors prescriptions and
the increasing warmth otthe temperature
as we neared the Tropics, and, in particu-
lar, couple of Allcock's Porous Plasters
elapped on-one on the chest aud another
between tho shoulder blades soon set me
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De'FoR Frtt ITt1. n ~ e. "
"Boy, is that dog dangerous 2"he asked
% he passed l0.yenr old boy who had a
puppy in his arms. s'Oit6F, Fi;.
~ dunno, cir, as I only bought him hall
IN hour ago, but l can tell you I'm dan.
gerons character myself when get awful
mad" "a FIT. 1s N tet .Nl5ls|R}'
SECURE quiet nights rest. Dr.. J. Il.
McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm will allay
your cough, and promote sound sleep. Is
cents a bottle. 7 ,','g'5 ptw {
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a liatter:Thing,

Dt!roh Free Press. ,g,t} /. 900. hi IN ~!
Madam" he said to the lsnd!ady Of
the boarding house, 81 can put,you on to
q new wrinkle" ,.srg4t gtitjs H. EEl
swell ?" VI, .J,l ID, h. al, 7.:.l
by filling the jdining-room with the
odor OF cabbage You eau reduce the appe-
tits Of boarders one-haif." 4{.: a,'.tit{f
Hump" she calculated in tone OF
disgust yal lII5 gtig j tI;aBl,l.
don't you believe it ?" t'ss>.;a
i've got q better thing. I uso the odor
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TRATELERS' GUIDE.

A RRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
a. TRAtNs-On and After April I, 1Ss7-Erp1A-
NATION or REFERENCE MARxs. sDaily. tSunday
excepted. t4onday e1ceptcd. Eastern Standard
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-LEPROSY.

and consequently ncurablc It is impossible to do.
scIne her snleripgs. Her body from the crown OF
her head TO the soes Of her feet was mass Of ccay
masses Of flesh rotting OIL and leav. Crcat cartIcs
o n oe ,n es'eTGd and three or four nails doppe
liberation, and for several years she did moi leave
ef Dsa: er wslfht was reduced from rs 10 Co lbs.
cleaned from the fact that three pounds OF C"smo'
inc or ointment were used per week In dressing her
cores. Finally the physicians acknowledged ilirir
defeat by this Black Wolf, and commented Inc s,,T
feler to her nll.wise Creator '"' e"'
=, ues husband hearing wonderful reports Of the use
o, awiFTs srrciFic Is. S. 81, prevailed on her ia
!fylt last resort; She began its tic under pro
es., 9Gt soon found TINT her system was being re.
healthy color, as though the blood was becoming
pnfe 4na 9e'sFe. Mrs. Bailey continued tho S. S. s.
until last February; every sore WINS healed; She Dis
GaIacd chair and crutches, and was for tic rs time
n Twelve years well woman. Her husband, nj.
~ Bailey isin business at I'm blackstone Street.
l'oson, and will take pleasure III giving tic details
2, this wonderful cure. Send to Us for Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free. n 49,
j 'FuE SWIFT SrEcIYIc Co.. Drawer g. Atlanta. On
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS RI, j j. NJ, !:

R0OMs FOR RENTAL 122 FIF.
~ TENTH street. 1870 u - 'ant6e 7
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MARRIED.,

cvAY-OBERTANN-o Tuesday evening Ami
II, 1887, at the family residence on South Mair
street, by tho Rev. DR.. Cooks, hokERr W
McVAY and KAMA L., third daughter Of Aug
Obermann, Esq. No cards. 'IT,' y q
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ALONG THE wHARvEs.
Items of Interest to Boatinen---The In
spectors' Findings.

Items of Interest to Boatnen---The In
spectors' Findings.
The river front has.assrimeaa a desertedup-
pearance since the cold weather began. The
small number of vessels that have tied up
for the winter look Lonesome and forlorn,
and the professional wharf-rat stands with
his hands in his pockets on his old stamping
ground shivering audibly and wishing for
the busy excursion season, with its wheezy
bands and fat women.
The Pilot Boy is still running and has not
tied up, as inadvertently stated in THE CRITIC
of last Monday.
The John w. Thompson is emulating the
Wakefield in making regular trips to the diff
ferent river landings.
Local Steamboat Inspectors Valentine and
Saville have rendered a decision in regard to
the collision between the George Leary and
the Jane Moseley, which occurred otf Point
Lookout recently. The licenses of Captain
q. ]. Bonneville the Moseey and Captain
S.V Davis of the Leary are suspended for
| fifteen days.
The Leary is making regular trips be-
tween this city and Norfolk, but the Moseley
Is still at her wharf, not having left IL since
she returned here, two days after the acci-
dent. All damage incurred in the collision
has been repaired and the saloon and state.
rooms have received new fixtures. She will
resume her trips in about week.
The steamer John Gibson, which makes
| trips between Georgetown and New York,
is at her wharf for the winter, as are also the
Excelsior and George Law.
| No traces of the y. q. Knight, which sank
off Egg Harbor, n. j., last summer, have
| been discovered.
River men report that ducks are plenty,
but swan and geese very scarce. The geese
usually gather at Colonial Beach before
migrating north, and rare sport will be af
forded to sportsmcn who are so fortunate ~
10 be in that vicinity about the time OF thu
| exodus sH+r
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CITY SPECIALS.
The Day Has Arrived.

To-day at o'clock at Fire Insurance Com
pany's sales. rooms, No. 4s0 Pennsylvania
avenue, will commence the great sale of
mems. youths and children's fine custom
made clothing, etc., saved from the late i'm
mense fire in New York. All the goods have
been appraised at 40 cents on the dollar OF
manufacturers cost. and will be offered at
that price. The stock consists of a full line
of medium and high-grade goods cut and
trimmed in the latest styles, and presents the
opportunity of lifetime to the people OF
Washington and vicinity to secure clothing
at remarkably low figures. Mems heavy
winter overcoats, $2.s7, worth $l2; fine fur
beaver overcoats, $3.50, worth SIG; mems
handsome dark mixed suits, $50, worth $13;
fashionable winter pants, 9S cents, worth SO;
fine umbrellas, 20 cents, worth ST. boys
suits, S1.49, worth $3.50; mems stylish derby
hats, 93 cents, worth $3, and thousands OF
fine cashmere. corkscrew, beaver, melton,
kcrsey, silk and satin-lined suits and over
coats too numerous to mention. Sale COM
menccs to-day at p. M, at Insurance Com
pany's sales rooms, 4S0 Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. Washington, D. O. Sales room open
until o 4 IN,
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Readi Readi. Read.,,

The following holiday bargains offered for
tomorrow at S. W. Augensteins, sl7, $40
and s21 Seventh street northwest; Handsome
Blacldng Cases with Carpet Top, 91 c., 81 25;
Tin Kitchens reduced to 63c.; Tool Chests,
1885,; Boys Sleds, 4lc.; all over 81 90 and
SIPS Tin Toys reduced to. 8ic.; all over 80
tire line of 4oc. Juvenile Books, finely H.
Illustrated, reduced to &c. Our Zoe. sbooks
reduced to 45c. sc Wax Dolls, model fea-
lures, Gle; worth Sl.25. Kid or Jointed
body Dolls, with Bisque heads, &c.,; worth
S1.50. Large Willow Doll Carriages, SOC.
seI s WoriS Frensb En Chna
Flowered Tea Sets, SO pieces, $3.50; worth
$il.00 All ACC. Blocks reduced TO 20c. 75c.
Blocks to 42c., and $l.25 Blocks to SEC.
Railway Bagatelle Games, 4Jc., worth S5c.,
and thousands of other bargains throughout
our entire establishments
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A Real Fight upon the Stage.

A dispatch to the World from Baltimore
says: The Mestayer party is playing here in
"Check A." One Of the members is young
OFT, brother of Theresa Vaughn. He got
into fight with the property man Tuesday
night abouta mistake he made. The mill
took place on the stage after the curtain had
been hoisted for the night, and before all Of
the audience had gotten out of the house
Probably two hundred people returned to
see the fun. Although the property man
was much larger, young OFT showed superior
science, and got IN his blows with telling eff
feet. Finally clinch occurred and the two
men roISd down tne stage nn snsy sTuSx ok
friends. Mestayer and Miss Vaughn knew
nothing of the affair until 1t was all over
To-day there was q reconciliation.
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Tho Stock and Money Market.

NEW YoRg, Dec. 22.--Moncy ~ per cent.
Exchange steady 4s3l94S6a Governments
steady; currency Gs, llo bid; As, coupon
1864 bid; i4s, do, los bid
The stock market opened dull but on
active buying Of the Gringers and Western
Union and the coal stocks, prices took an
upward turn and advanced | to II per cent.
during the first hour Il. and @ was excep-
bpvin2 for ihc " ncconnt of Thicnco dealers
Shortly after II clock a raid was made on
Reading, causing il to decline per cent.
The weakness was attributed in part to
rumor OF trouble among employees of the
road The remainder OF the list declined
frac,ionully in sympathy The,market ai the
present writing IL steady.
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START FOR JAPAN.
MIR. Garrett Makes Up His Mind to Go
Around tho World.


The final arrangements upon which
Mr.. Robert CARROTS trip TO China, Japan
and India depended were settled in
this city Tuesday, says the Baltimore
american, and he has notified his rela-
tives here that the rest of the winter
will be spent in a voyage around the
world. He sails from San Fran
cisco on board the steamship Australia.
Mr.. Garrett visited the vessel a
few days ago in company with
number Of friends and took dinner
on board. Mr.. Garrett expressed
his admiration of the vessel,
and the captain, appreciating it, told
him If ne cared to go to China he would
give up his stateroom to him during the
go only as far as Honolulu, and on re-
turning to spend while in Southern
California, going thence to Mexico, New
Orleans, Florida and Cuba, returning to
Baltimore some time in April. Mrs.
Garrett, however, expressed so decided
q desire 10 90 around the world that her
husband finally agreed with her. The
party will consist of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Garrstt, Miss Mary Garrett,
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. Swan Frick and
DIR. Nathan r. Gorter. They will go di-
rect to Yokohama, Japan, thence TO
China, where they will visit the inter-
esting cities and sights of the Celestial
Empire, and afterwards TO India, where
they will remain until the early part of
April, and by way Of the Suez Canal
make the voyage to Europe, returning
to America about October, 1888.
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Legion Of Honor Election.

Harmony Council No. l0l, American Le-
gion Of Honor. has elected these officers:
Commander, Chas T. Roberts; vicc-com-
mander, George E. Dunster; orator, Edwin
retary, Edwin +. o. Brien; collector, A.
Michaelis; treasurer, ] Brock; guide, Emma
l.. o. Brien warden. II. G. G. Winter; sen.
try. James w. Williams; trustees, Max
Cohen, IL. Fischer Emma l.. O'Brien;
representative to Grand Council, Emma l..
OBrien
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BEATEN IN REVENGE.
Special Oficer Cash Assaulted bye Two
Men Whom He Reported.

Special Officer Edward Cash, who is
employed Jas a watchman at the gas
house, was waylaid and beaten at 5:45
o'clock this morning by two men who
were formerly employed by tho gas
company, but who were discharged on
being reported by Cash for violating the
rules of the establishment. The injuries
to the officer are serious, and he had to
be removed to his home on Tenth street
northwest, where he was attended by
DR.. Bishop.
Thomas Hogan and James Madigan
were arrested for the assault, and they
are locked up at the Third Precinct Sta
tion-house.
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NJ Nnnght.

DETECTIVES Han and Horn have arrested
Henry Jackson, alias Thompson, and VIM
Green for completely in the attempted bur.
glary Of Ilealy- drug store on the corner OF
Third street and Indiana avenue, early yes
been arrested for the same otiense by the
officers Of the Fourth Precinct. Oscar Jack
sou Is still held Several Of the prisoners
70 "" i "cnilmtiarv sentences. A watch
and coat were found IN them which have
"o d as stolen property,
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South Washington.

The pupils in all the public schools in
South Washington were requested, at their
forenoon session to-day, to bring contribu-
tons of food and clothing to the jefferson
School building tomorrow. These contri-
buttons will be taken to the Fourth Precinct
Station-house where Lieutenant Vernon will
distribute them to the poor and needy.
An Auxiliary Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union was organized last night in
the Zion Baptist Church. The following
officers were elected: President, Miss NJ. L..
Jordan; vice.president, Miss Mary A. KEN
nedy; recording secretary, Miss Bell Moss;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. NJ. J. Lewis;
treasurer Mrs. NJ. l.. Whales.